General Secretary To Lam visits Aalto University and meets Vietnamese students

As part of his official visit to the Republic of Finland, on the morning of October 22 (local time), General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation visited Aalto University, met with the Board of Directors and met with Vietnamese students studying in Finland.

General Secretary To Lam works with the Board of Directors of Aalto University. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

Aalto University is located in Espoo (the second largest city in Finland), is the number 1 university in the country in terms of expertise and is in the top 20 best young universities in the world . Aalto University is famous for its diverse training programs, from high technology, industry to social and artistic fields. In particular, the school is famous for its expertise in the field of startups and innovation.

Although it was only established in 2010, Aalto University has inherited a long tradition and academic heritage due to the merger of three of Finland's oldest and largest universities: Helsinki University of Technology (founded in 1849), Helsinki School of Economics (founded in 1904) and Helsinki University of Art and Design (founded in 1871). This is the cradle that has trained many famous people with high status and position in Finnish society in many fields.

Welcoming General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, President of Aalto University Ilkka Niemela welcomed the two countries' upgrading of their relationship to a Strategic Partnership and expressed his belief that the General Secretary's visit would create new momentum, contributing to consolidating and deepening the traditional friendship between the two countries in various fields, including education and training.

General Secretary To Lam visits Aalto University's prototype laboratory. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

The President of Aalto University expressed his impression of Vietnam's achievements in socio-economic development, education and training, science and technology, and informed about the cooperation activities with Vietnamese partners in recent years in the fields of education and training and academic research; affirmed the desire and readiness to strengthen cooperation with Vietnamese training and research institutions in the University's strengths such as artificial intelligence, digital transformation, renewable energy, startups and innovation. Mr. llkka Niemela highly appreciated the diligence, creativity and adaptability of Vietnamese students studying at the University.

Espoo City President Mervi Katainen said that science is a prominent development sector in the city. Here there is Aalto University, the technology campus in (Otaniemi, Espoo) and many famous organizations and companies such as VTT - Finnish Center for Science and Technology Research and Applications, the world-famous telecommunications company Nokia (Keilaniemi, Espoo), along with many high-tech companies such as KONE, Fortum. The branch of the telecommunications group Elisa Oyj, the headquarters of many software and game development companies such as Rovio Games or Remedy Games all have offices here.

Speaking at the meeting, General Secretary To Lam thanked the Aalto University Board of Directors for creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese students to study at the school, contributing to human resource training, research and knowledge transfer to Vietnam.

The General Secretary affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam attach importance to and give top priority to creating breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation and education and training, especially building high-quality human resources to contribute to bringing the country into a new era of development.

The General Secretary requested the Aalto University Board of Directors to continue to pay attention to and support the promotion of cooperation in undergraduate and postgraduate training, scientific research and technology transfer, and promote the university's own strengths such as multidisciplinary education, combining business, science-technology and art, along with an educational philosophy that encourages creative thinking, entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to solve global problems, in line with Vietnam's development orientation in the new development stage.

General Secretary To Lam visits Aalto University's prototype laboratory. (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

The General Secretary highly appreciated the results of cooperation in recent times between Aalto University and Vietnamese educational and academic institutions to improve capacity in innovation management in the fields of science and technology, education and training and finance; build and implement specific research programs and projects; consider implementing a joint innovation center between the two countries at Aalto University or a prestigious university in Vietnam, moving towards Aalto University studying to open a branch in Vietnam; organize alumni meetings and seminars to connect the Aalto community in Vietnam...

* After meeting with the Aalto University Board of Directors, General Secretary To Lam met with students studying in Finland. The General Secretary affirmed that the students are fortunate and have the conditions to study and live in an advanced educational environment, especially in science, technology and innovation, so they must live and study truly, responsibly, unite in the Vietnamese community, integrate with the local community and get along with international friends; share and help each other to progress; promote their role as intellectual bridges between Vietnam and Finland.

Sharing with students some messages of the Party and State on policies and guidelines for national development in the new era, the General Secretary emphasized that Vietnam and Finland have deep similarities in culture, human values ​​and aspirations to rise up.

From a country with harsh climate and limited resources, Finland has become a developed country with a strong economic growth based on technology; one of the countries with the highest quality of life, social welfare and human happiness in the world. These achievements are a testament to the power of knowledge and high-quality human resources of Finland.

The Vietnamese people also have similar qualities, which are a strong will, a spirit of learning and progress. Overcoming many difficulties and challenges, Vietnam has risen to become an increasingly dynamic economy, with an increasingly high role and position in the international arena.

Vietnamese students need to always nurture their aspirations and passion for discovery, dare to think, dare to do, dare to experiment; consider their study time in Finland as a good opportunity to learn and absorb the cultural, scientific and technological quintessence of Finland and the world; always seek new things and promote creativity.

The General Secretary stated that the cooperation between the two countries has become increasingly close, and has now been upgraded to the level of a strategic partnership, meeting the needs of each side. Looking to the future, the two countries will give priority to substantive cooperation, especially in education and training, science, technology, innovation and digital transformation. Therefore, the country has high expectations and confidence that students will continue to write a new chapter of success for the relationship between the two countries.

Emphasizing the wish that overseas students always turn to their homeland, the General Secretary said that Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthrough in education and training development identifies education as the top national policy, the key driving force for national development; in which, students living and studying abroad play a very important role, as a bridge to spread knowledge, culture, national traditions and absorb the quintessence of humanity and international standards.

The Party and State are building and implementing special and outstanding mechanisms and policies to attract talents; always welcoming and creating the most favorable conditions for students to contribute and dedicate; encouraging cooperation programs between foreign universities and Vietnamese universities and educational institutions...

On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam and delegates visited the Prototyping Laboratory with research products serving the goals of climate change adaptation and circular economy.

HANH NGUYEN

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